#51289B#51289B

#51289B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.174 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51289B
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 44.90, -55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 71.54, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% 0.0687 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.174 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0669, 5.6332, 31.5609)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51289B #729B28

analogous

#28399B #51289B #8A289B

triadic

#51289B #9B5128 #289B51

tetradic

#51289B #9B2839 #729B28 #289B8A

square

#51289B #9B2839 #729B28 #289B8A

split-complementary

#51289B #9B8A28 #399B28

monochromatic

#1E0F3A #381B6A #51289B #6B35CB #8E66D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#51289B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#51289B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51289B

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51289B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51289B	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51289b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.174 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966b9',
    500: '#51289b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51289b;
$custom-light: #8966b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51289b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.391,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40337,
    "c": 0.17381,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51289B

secondary

#9DBD61

accent

#E246AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51289B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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